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2 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Costs of Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2017

3 CDC.gov, Emergency Department Visits, 2022

4, 6, 9, 10, 11 2021 Guardian Workplace Benefits Study

5 Healthcare.gov, High Deductible Health Plan, 2022

7 AJPJ, Medical Bankruptcy: Still Common Despite the Affordable Care Act, 2019

8 Benefits Optimization, Guardian, 2020

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